Publications by authors named "Immah Conteh"
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- The Sosuga virus (SOSV) is a rare paramyxovirus linked to human illness, first identified in 2012 in an individual from South Sudan and Uganda.
- Ecological studies revealed that the Egyptian rousette bat (ERB) is the only bat species consistently testing positive for SOSV, indicating it serves as a competent host for the virus.
- Recent surveillance in Sierra Leone identified SOSV RNA in ERBs, suggesting that the virus has expanded its range from East Africa to West Africa, potentially affecting ERB populations across sub-Saharan Africa.
Marburg virus (MARV) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe Marburg virus disease (MVD). Most MVD outbreaks originated in East Africa and field studies in East Africa, South Africa, Zambia, and Gabon identified the Egyptian rousette bat (ERB; Rousettus aegyptiacus) as a natural reservoir. However, the largest recorded MVD outbreak with the highest case-fatality ratio happened in 2005 in Angola, where direct spillover from bats was not shown.
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